
USPS Changes
Tabbing Standards
September 8 is the date when the U.S. Postal Service is adopting new tabbing standards that might affect the format, size, and postage cost of your self-mailer.
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What is a Press Check and When is It Needed
A press check is an on-site, last-chance proofing step for the main purpose of achieving color accuracy. The press is literally set up and ready to run with your project but, before it does, the press operator brings out a proof on the actual paper right off the press.
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Green Up Your Mailing List
To complement our “News” article about new USPS tabbing regulations for mailers, we thought we’d focus our “Green” article on your mailing list.
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Test Your Knowledge!
This quarter’s printing-oriented trivia question is twofold: Where and when was the first ink factory established?
Submit your answer via fax
(802-257-1453) or email (info@howardprintinginc.com).
The first 25 correct submissions we receive by November 1, 2009, will be entered into a drawing for one $25 prize. This quarter’s prize is a gift certificate for Ava Marie Handmade Chocolates in Peterborough, New Hampshire
(www.avamariechocolates.com).
We look forward to receiving your submission!
Thank you
!
Answer to last quarter’s trivia question: “Who invented paper as we know it today, in what country, when, and from what material?” T’sai Lun of China in AD 105, using mostly bark, hemp, and rags.
Please note: Limit one submission per customer. May not be combined with any other discounts/offers. Maximum value of this offer is $25. No cash value; no cash or credit back. Other restrictions may apply.

Four Easy Ways to
“Talk the Talk”
with Designers
In the spring issue of our newsletter, we discussed how to “talk the talk” with printers. This time, we thought we would share some insight on talking the talk with designers.
Of the many design topics we could have chosen, here are four we think will help to
get you started.
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Jumpstart Your
Next Copywriting Project
Does your company need a new brochure to promote itself? Are you the one responsible for writing the copy for the brochure? Here is a basic outline to help jumpstart organizing and developing your text. For illustrative purposes, this example is for a letter-fold brochure (8.5x11 inches flat, folded in thirds to fit a letter-size envelope).
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FREE ESTIMATE!
(802) 254-3550
info@howardprintinginc.com
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